The Core Worlds https://thecoreworlds.xyz David writes about games, sci-fi, and other nerdery Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:41:33 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Wheel (Static Site Generator) en-gb All rights reserved 2024, David Dorward <![CDATA[The Narrative Potential of Simple Miniatures]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/11/narrative-potential/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/11/narrative-potential/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:41:33 GMT Two partially painted miniatures for Frostgrave; one is a very dodgy looking wizard, the other has an eyepatch and a round shield quartered into pink and red segments with a brass boss and rim.
A clearly noble wizard and his protective brother.

My current work-in-progress is a set of models for Frostgrave. I should be having my first game of it this weekend, but its been on my radar for a while.

I very rarely attempt freehand, but I’ve done a very simple quartering of the shield here. I've been using red as…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[The Kill Team 2024 Starter Set]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/10/kill-team-starter/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/10/kill-team-starter/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:57:34 GMT Yesterday's announcement of the starter set for the new edition of Kill Team was a bit of a surprise. It's a big break from GW's tradition of making starter sets a cut-down version of the launch box. Instead of Bug Men and Paratroopers we're getting Space Marines and Plague Marines and instead of some plastic city terrain, we're getting MDF…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[A Spearhead Victory]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/10/spearhead-victory/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/10/spearhead-victory/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:56:17 GMT Last week I asked folk to wish me luck as I participated in my first tournament. It looked like it paid off as I walked away with a nice piece of glass.

Slaves to Darkness Spearhead with a glass trophy proclaiming me Store Champion

Admittedly it was only a little tournament, but it was a fun day and my opponents were all great. I got to face off against some armies…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[Slaves to Darkness Spearhead]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/10/aos-slaves-to-darkness-spearhead/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/10/aos-slaves-to-darkness-spearhead/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:58:28 GMT Tomorrow's Spearhead tournament at my friendly local gaming store was the motivation I needed to crack on and finish painting my Slaves to Darkness Spearhead.

I like the look of the models, but the Knights have a lot of fiddly bits which took ages to deal with along with "fun" little gaps to try to get the brush in. The…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[Can I use my proxy or conversion?]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/09/can-i-use-my-proxy-or-conversion/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/09/can-i-use-my-proxy-or-conversion/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 10:48:39 GMT A frequent question that crops up in wargaming forums, particularly those for Warhammer 40,000, is the request for permission to use a conversion or proxy model. It's not a question that can often be definitively answered because the details of the game you are playing aren't up to random people on the Internet.

The person who can answer that question…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[Sonic the LARP]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/05/sonic-the-larp/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/05/sonic-the-larp/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:23:30 GMT When I do outdoorsy LARPs, they are generally with a group which uses laser tag for combat resolution. The games run the gauntlet from plot-heavy to "an excuse to have some laser tag combat". This is the story of one game I ran back in 2019.

A teddy bear peaks out from behind cover near a silver case. The image appears to be from CCTV as it is interlaced and has a date stamp, a time stamp and the text "CAMERA !" embedded in it along with a record icon in the top left

This was a combat-heavy and plot-light game about a group of mercenaries (the players)…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[Battletech Bootcamp]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/05/battletech-bootcamp/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/05/battletech-bootcamp/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:25:43 GMT I went along to the Battletech Bootcamp at the Bad Moon Cafe in London which was run by Strategos Level 3 yesterday.

While I was tempted to take along my freshly painted Inner Sphere Assault Lance, I ended up using some of the preconstructed lists that were provided on the event page. I was working on the basis that…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[Battletech Inner Sphere Assault Lance]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/05/battletech-inner-sphere-assault-lance/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2024/05/battletech-inner-sphere-assault-lance/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:25:43 GMT Last year I started dipping into Battletech after a friend started a new podcast on the subject.

It appealed because a typical game has a small model count (4 mechs make for a game that lasts two or three hours) and the models look great, but aren't coated in as much fiddly detail as Games Workshop adds. It's also a…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[Painting Roundup (March 2022)]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2022/04/painting/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2022/04/painting/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:30:00 GMT I hit a painting slump in February and managed to almost complete five zombies. So when March came around, I put them to the side and picked up some other projects as a pallet cleanser.

When Haggok, the Gutripper Boss, as announced as this years store anniversary model I wasn't really grabbed. However, since then I have discovered that I…

]]> david@dorward.me.uk (David Dorward) <![CDATA[Painting Roundup (Jan 2022)]]> https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2022/02/painting/ https://thecoreworlds.xyz/blog/2022/02/painting/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 23:00:00 GMT Towards the end of last year I painted up a couple of scenery pieces from Loot Studios, and then failed to take pictures of them before I packed up my lightbox to make room for Christmas. So, a little late, here they are.

I'm planning to run some D&D 4th edition at the end of the month and have…

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